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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1003 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 60 NM...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
* AT 1003 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
8 NM EAST OF KIAWAH REEF TO 14 NM NORTH OF R7 TOWER, MOVING EAST AT
15 KNOTS. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 34 KT.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDISTO OFFSHORE REEF, CHARLESTON SIXTY, JOE SHUFORD REEF,
LOWCOUNTRY ANGLERS, DOUG MELLICHAMP REEF, COMANCHE REEF, CAPERS MID
SHELF AND Y-73 REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3197 8044 3228 8007 3259 7995 3269 7922
3221 7926 3184 7956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 268DEG 13KT 3252 7985 3221 7991 3203 8019
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
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